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Jeremiah 06 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations prefer to set apart quotations. The ULB and many other English translations indent the lines of 6:1-30, which is an extended quotation.
Special concepts in this chapter
Gods and battle
In the ancient Near East, it was commonly believed that a nation's gods were responsible for military victory. It may have been believed that a god would not defend an evil city. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil)